Wes Piper’s two first-half touchdown runs held up and host Greely stunned Yarmouth, 12-8, in an eight-man, Large School football game Friday night in Cumberland.
The Rangers (3-3) went ahead 6-0 on Piper’s 51-yard TD scamper in the first quarter. He made it 12-0 in the second quarter with a 6-yard dash.
Yarmouth (5-1), the reigning state champion, scored just before halftime on a 2-yard run from Michael McGonagle, but couldn’t rally in the second half.
FALMOUTH 21, MT. BLUE 12: Indi Backman rushed for two touchdowns, then added a clinching 2-point conversion after a late touchdown by quarterback Tres Walker as the Navigators (1-5) beat the Cougars (0-6) in Falmouth.
Two weeks after forfeiting a game against Portland because of a shortage of healthy players, the Navigators scored their first points since a Week 2 loss to Lawrence when Backman broke free for a 31-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter.
Mt. Blue tied it a 6-6 on a fake punt, as Stevie Galkowski went 60 yards for the touchdown. Falmouth quickly answered, however, as a 14-yard run by Backman and a conversion kick by Peter Kearns made it 13-6.
That margin stood until early in the fourth quarter, when Mt. Blue’s Dane Cousineau scored on a 15-yard run. Falmouth, though, blocked the conversion kick to maintain a 13-12 lead.
Walker then plunged in from the 1 with 2:08 remaining, and Backman’s conversion rush gave Falmouth a 21-12 lead.
THORNTON ACADEMY 14, SOUTH PORTLAND 0: Austin Cole shot through a gap to score on a 36-yard run with 5:33 remaining as the Golden Trojans (4-2) wrapped up a victory against the stubborn Red Riots (2-4) at South Portland.
Thornton took a 6-0 lead with 5:12 left in the first quarter when Xander Cantara hauled in a 19-yard pass from Wyatt Benoit, and that’s how it stayed until Cole clinched it.
After Cole scored, South Portland made its first true threat when Matthew Berry’s long kickoff return was followed by Darius Johnson’s reception to the Thornton 5. But a fumble inches short of the goal line was recovered by Benoit with 3:31 remaining.
A last-minute South Portland threat following a punt ended with an interception inside the 5 with 30 seconds to play.
MEDOMAK VALLEY 26, CAPE ELIZABETH 22: Aaron Reed plunged in from the 2 with 27 seconds remaining, capping a time-consuming drive as the Panthers (5-1) edged the Capers (1-5) in Cape Elizabeth.
Reed finished with four rushing touchdowns, including a 74-yard romp early in the second quarter.
Brady Inman connected with Logan McVeigh for a nifty catch-and-run that went 71 yards to open the scoring for Cape Elizabeth. Mike Foley added a pair of scoring runs, including a 1-yard TD early in the fourth that gave the Capers a 22-20 lead.
MARSHWOOD 20, WESTBROOK 14: The Hawks (4-2) rallied for two touchdowns in the third quarter and held on to beat the Blue Blazes (2-4) in Westbrook.
Cody Bubier and Cole Goodwin each scored from the 1 and Dylan Grassi rushed for a 2-point conversion as the Hawks erased a 14-6 halftime deficit.
Westbrook threatened for a tying touchdown with less than a minute remaining, but Gio Staples’ pass to Aidan Taylor on fourth-and-goal from the 5 was broken up.
The Hawks also recovered a fumble to stop a Westbrook drive earlier in the fourth.
After Marshwood went ahead 6-0 in the first quarter, Westbrook scored twice in the second. The Blazes took the lead on a 2-yard run by Staples and a 2-point conversion rush by Gavin Tanner, who later scored on a 55-yard run.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH 66, MARANACOOK 19: Wes Gallant and Riley Provencher each scored four touchdowns, and the Seagulls (6-0) quickly responded after allowing their first points of the season on the opening kickoff, rolling past the Black Bears (4-2) for another lopsided win in an eight-man Small School game in Readfield.
OOB’s streak of five shutouts ended when Maranacook’s Owen Dunn started the game with a 70-yard kickoff return. By the time the first quarter ended, though, the Seagulls had a 28-7 lead, sparked by Provencher, who scored on back-to-back punt returns of 70 and 80 yards.
Provencher also caught two TD passes from Brady Plante, who completed 9 of 10 passes for 163 yards and three touchdowns. Gallant, meanwhile, rushed for 307 yards and added a TD reception.
Dunn scored all three Maranacook touchdowns, including two receptions from Kody Goucher.
BOYS’ SOCCER
SCARBOROUGH 6, CHEVERUS 3: Kilson Joao scored three goals and the Red Storm (7-3-1) earned their fourth straight win, beating the Stags (4-7) in Portland.
Joao scored twice in the first half and Matt Fallona finished as well to put the Red Storm ahead 3-1. The Stags rallied to tie it on goals from Shane McGrath and Anselm Arbogast, but a Kevine Paulino header gave Scarborough a 4-3 lead at halftime.
Cooper Mallar and Joao added second-half goals.
McGrath converted a penalty kick for the first Cheverus goal. Stags keeper Griffin McLeod made 10 saves, while Scarborough’s Seamus Corry stopped four shots.
CAMDEN HILLS 1, EDWARD LITTLE 0: Luke Tobias scored in the second half to lift the Windjammers (9-2) over the Red Eddies in Rockport.
The loss ended Edward Little’s seven-game winning streak.
Brian Leonard needed just one save for the shutout. EL’s Logan Martin made four saves.
GIRLS’ SOCCER
WINDHAM 4, MARSHWOOD 2: Kyla Harvie scored twice in the second half and Tayla Pelletier got the go-ahead goal off a corner kick with 19:27 remaining as the Eagles (8-3) rallied past the Hawks (3-5) in South Berwick.
Marshwood took its second lead of the game when Tia Anderson collected a free kick by Sarah Theriault and blasted it into the net just 2:25 into the second half.
Harvie answered at 9:43, knocking in a cross from Neve Ledbetter. After Pelletier broke the tie, Harvie added an insurance goal when her shot deflected into the net off a defender.
Theriault opened the scoring in the seventh minute. Windham’s Marley Jarvais tied it in the 15th minute.
THORNTON ACADEMY 3, FALMOUTH 0: Quincy Thibault scored two goals, Hadley Stoddard had one, and the Trojans (8-2-1) shut out the Navigators (8-2-1) in Saco.
Thornton keeper Ava Lomax made eight saves. Abigail Pausman finished with 10 stops for Falmouth.
SANFORD 8, BIDDEFORD 2: Annalise Stimmell, Audrey Cote and Hailey Tarbox each scored two goals each as the Spartans (7-2-1) beat the Tigers (2-10) in Biddeford.
Brielle Landry and Ava Hudson chipped in with a goal apiece. Sanford keeper Sophie Olivo made six saves.
Hannah Smith and Abby Bouffard scored for Biddeford. Sarah Parks finished with eight saves.
SCARBOROUGH 3, DEERING 0: Lana Djuranovic scored two goals and Avery Charland had one as the Red Storm (10-1) downed the Rams (2-8-1) in Portland.
Sophie Hill made 14 saves for Deering.
NOBLE 4, PORTLAND 2: Anna Swell, Adria Otash and Hannah Perro scored, and the Knights (4-5-1) also benefited from an own goal in a win over the Bulldogs (3-7-1) at North Berwick.
Anneliese Collin scored twice for Portland.
MORSE 2, GARDINER 0: Haley Kirkpatrick earned a shutout despite 29 Gardiner shots as the Shipbuilders (5-7) beat the Tigers (9-2) in Bath.
Shealyn Brochu had a goal and an assist, and Edie McKay also scored.
FIELD HOCKEY
FALMOUTH 7, PORTLAND/DEERING 0: Jaelyn Meader and Elizabeth Brown both scored twice as the Navigators (7-2) rolled past Deering/Portland (3-6) in Portland.
Valerie Rand, Taylor Lallemand and Lux Dugan also scored.
Emma Walsh made 27 saves for Portland/Deering.
WAYNFLETE 4, TELSTAR 3: Sumeya Hussein scored two goals, and Tilsley Kelly and Ava Van der Schaaf added one each as the Flyers (4-5) built a 4-0 lead and held off the Rebels (1-11) in Portland.
Kyra Rose-Espinoza scored twice for Telstar.
LAKE REGION 1, MOUNTAIN VALLEY 0: Audrey Philbrook’s third-quarter goal was enough for the Lakers (7-3-1) against the Falcons (4-7) in Rumford.
Lake Region goalie Reiyn Hart made six saves. Mountain Valley’s Brooke Brown stopped 14 shots.
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